νᾱός
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
νᾱός
νᾱοῦ
Structure:
νᾱ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- a temple
- innermost part of a temple, sanctuary, the part of the temple considered most pure and holy
Declension
Second declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἄγ’, ὦ νεηθαλὲσ ὦ καλλίστασ προπόλευμα δά‐ φνασ, ἃ τὰν Φοίβου θυμέλαν σαίρεισ ὑπὸ ναοῖσ, κήπων ἐξ ἀθανάτων, ἵνα δρόσοι τέγγουσ’ ἱεραί, <ῥοὰν> ἀέναον παγᾶν ἐκπροϊεῖσαι, μυρσίνασ ἱερὰν φόβαν· (Euripides, Ion, choral, strophe 11)
- ὦ Φοῖβε, ναοῖσ ἀνατίθημι τήνδε σοῖσ ‐ καίτοι τί πάσχω; (Euripides, Ion, episode, iambics 3:10)
- ἐρρύεθ’ ἡμᾶσ τοῦτ’ ἴσον ναοῖσ θεῶν. (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue 3:11)
- πάλιν δὲ τῶν Θασίων διὰ τὸ δοκεῖν μεγάλωσ ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ εὐεργετῆσθαι, ναοῖσ αὐτὸν καὶ ἀποθεώσεσι τιμησάντων, καὶ περὶ τούτου πρεσβείαν ἀποστειλάντων, ἀναγνοὺσ τὰσ τιμάσ, ἃσ αὐτῷ προσήνεγκαν οἱ πρέσβεισ, ἠρώτησεν εἰ ἡ πατρὶσ αὐτῶν ἀποθεοῦν ἀνθρώπουσ δύναται· (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 251)
- ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ εὐεργετῆσθαι ναοῖσ αὐτὸν καὶ ἀποθεώσεσι τιμησάντων καὶ περὶ τούτου πρεσβείαν ἀποστειλάντων, ἀναγνοὺσ τὰσ τιμάσ, ἃσ αὐτῷ προσήνεγκαν οἱ πρέσβεισ, ἠρώτησεν εἰ ἡ πατρὶσ αὐτῶν ἀποθεοῦν ἀνθρώπουσ δύναται· (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 25 1:1)
